Post by Scott on Sept 11, 2019 13:26:06 GMT
Just in case anyone was confused.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago
www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-chicago-1774
It is currently rated the #6 "best" US university, only behind Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, MIT, and Yale. It is tied for #6 with Stanford.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago
University of Chicago scholars have played a major role in the development of many academic disciplines, including economics, law, literary criticism, mathematics, religion, sociology, and the behavioralism school of political science, establishing the Chicago schools in various fields.[15][16][17][18][19] Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory produced the world's first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction in Chicago Pile-1 beneath the viewing stands of the university's Stagg Field.[20] The university research efforts include administration of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory, as well as the Marine Biological Laboratory. The university is also home to the University of Chicago Press, the largest university press in the United States.[21] With an estimated completion date of 2021, the Barack Obama Presidential Center will be housed at the university and include both the Obama presidential library and offices of the Obama Foundation.[22]
The University of Chicago has produced many prominent alumni, faculty members and researchers. As of 2018, 98 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university as professors, students, faculty, or staff, making it a university with one of the highest concentrations of Nobel laureates in the world.[23] Similarly, 34 faculty members and 18 alumni have been awarded the MacArthur "Genius Grant".[24] In addition, as of 2018, UChicago's alumni and faculty include 54 Rhodes Scholars,[25] 26 Marshall Scholars,[26] 9 Fields Medalists,[27] 4 Turing Award Winners, 25 Pulitzer Prize winners,[28] 20 National Humanities Medalists,[29] 16 billionaire graduates and a plethora of members of the United States Congress and heads of state of countries all over the world.[30]
The University of Chicago has produced many prominent alumni, faculty members and researchers. As of 2018, 98 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university as professors, students, faculty, or staff, making it a university with one of the highest concentrations of Nobel laureates in the world.[23] Similarly, 34 faculty members and 18 alumni have been awarded the MacArthur "Genius Grant".[24] In addition, as of 2018, UChicago's alumni and faculty include 54 Rhodes Scholars,[25] 26 Marshall Scholars,[26] 9 Fields Medalists,[27] 4 Turing Award Winners, 25 Pulitzer Prize winners,[28] 20 National Humanities Medalists,[29] 16 billionaire graduates and a plethora of members of the United States Congress and heads of state of countries all over the world.[30]
www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-chicago-1774
It is currently rated the #6 "best" US university, only behind Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, MIT, and Yale. It is tied for #6 with Stanford.
